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Name:	Shaquette
Online Name:	Shaquette
Country:	USA
State:	New Jersey
Age:	19
Your Birthday:	May 23,1981
Special Talents:	playing the piano and the violin
Hobbies:	bike riding, skiing, and singing
Where do you work?	at a drugstore Walgreens
Were you working when you became pregnant? If yes, doing what?	cashier at a toy store
Are you in school?	i just recently graduated
If you've graduated, what is your degree?	high school diploma
How old were you when you had your first child?	16
Did you keep? abort? give up for adoption?:	I kept him
Was it the first time you had sex?	no
Were you and the father a couple?	yes
Are you still together?	no
If you're not together, is the father involved? How is he involved?	no he might send a few dollars here or there thats all
Were you using protection against pregnancy? If yes, what kind?	yes birth control pills
If not, was it because you were trying to get pregnant? Please explain:	enter here
Did you know how you would support the baby? Support yourself?	not at all
Were you using protection against STDs?
How many children do you have?	1
What are their names, ages, birthdays?	Keshawn
Was the pregnancy emotionally difficult?	yes
Was the pregnancy physically difficult? i.e. were there any medical problems?	yes
What was/is the most difficult experience as a young mother?	the fact that you no longer have to just care for you and actually loosing about 85% of your friends
Was your family helpful/supportive?	in the beginning no but then they accepted the situation and got over it
Did you stay at home with your parents?	not for long
Did your family help support you? The baby? Emotionally, financially, or both?	yes in both ways
Do they support you now? Emotionally, financially, or both?	yes
Did/do you need public assistance? How did/does that make you feel?	no
Was the father's family involved with the pregnancy? Emotionally, financially, or both?	no
Did the father's family help support you? Emotionally, financially, or both?	his mom did for a while but then she stopped
Does the child have a relationship with the paternal Grandparents?	not really
Do you feel accepted by people your age?	not all the time
Do you feel like you have it harder than people your own age without children?	yes all the time
Are you happy with the decisions you have made? (Be honest. . .it's ok to feel bad, we all do sometimes)	not really but I have to sleep in the bed that I made
What are your personal goals? (goals for yourself as an individual not as a mother)	to open my own business and get married one day in the far future
Have your goals changed since you became a parent?	not at all
Do you feel that reaching your goals will be more difficult now that your a teen parent?	yes
What would you tell a (school age) 12-18 year old girl that wanted to get pregnant?	to come live with me for the weekend and I gurantee she'll change her mind by early sunday morning
How do you think being a Young Mother has changed you?	its just a place I can go to be with people that can actually know how I feel to a certain extent
How do you think society looks upon teen pregnancy?	i know that they think it is wrong and that it is a horrible thing to have sex and children at such a young age because i used to feel the exact same way
Why do you think there are so many teen parents?	looking for love and trusting in a guy that really doesn't know what he wants himself
List 5 Pro's to being a teen Mother?	teaches you responsibility, the value of a dollar, how when you feel like giving up you can't, how to learn from your mistakes and move on, and most of all how to use time management
List 5 Con's to being a teen Mother?:	critisism, no time for yourself,society, no personal life, and loss of friends.
What do you expect to get out of being a member of Young Mothers?:	support and love when i need it
Today's Date:	7-10-00